Unholy Messenger The life and times of the BTK serial killer
Bloodsworth the true story if the first death row inmate exonerated by dna(shockingly he is a white guy).
Public Enemies another book by John Walsh
The rise of the 4th reich.

Taking a break from re-reading THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, in order to re-read Heinlein’s STARSHIP TROOPERS. Great discussion in chapter 8 about social duty.

Excerpt: I had no sympathy for him and still haven’t. That old saw about “To understand all is to forgive all” is a lot of tripe. Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them. *

Excerpt: “I do not understand objections to ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment. While a judge should be benevolent in purpose, his awards should cause the criminal to suffer, else there is no punishment – and pain is the basic mechanism built into us by million of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival. Why should society refuse to use such a highly perfected survival mechanism?

* Contrast this with the Steinbeck’s statement:

Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love.